woohoo!

It’s the weekend! Just a quick visit tonight as I have been busy shopping and am still in the middle of cleaning for my mum and dads visit, and am now very ready for a sit down. I really want to finish cutting the pieces for Holly’s quilt this evening so I can get going with the sewing - here is the design I have come up with so far, what do you think? These are the actual fabrics I am using but the scale of some of the patterns may not be right, I just wanted to make sure I didn't end up with two squares of the same fabric too close to each other. And it's fun to get a glimpse of what I had in my head might actually look like! : )

hampton court

A quiet(ish) post today as I have no energy left after going for a run and I'm off to body combat in a few minutes. Holly and I went to Hampton Court on Monday... We walked up the tow path along the Thames, Smelled the beautiful roses in the rose garden, Got lost in the maze, And of course had a picnic! And this is the fabric I am attempting to make a skirt for me out of : )

thank you!

A big thank you today to Earmark for nominating picciolo for an honest scrap award! Ok so I have to list 10 honest things about myself: 1. I am lefthanded but can also write with my right hand 2. I love nothing more than a long bath with a good book 3. I'm not the best at getting up in the morning but it helps a lot being woken with a kiss from my daughter. 4. I have just bought the best pair of silver shoes! 5. I really need to get the brakes mended on my bike 6. I am a sucker for melted cheese and caramel, although not together! 7. I wish there were more hours in the day at least twice a day 8. I am planning on making myself a really simple skirt but can't bring myself to cut the fabric 9. I suffer from dreadful hayfever 10. My mum and dad are visiting at the weekend, hooray! And I also recieved this one lovely blog award from addictive creative , thank you so much! Now I am supposed to choose 15 blogs to pass this onto and 7 for the honest scrap award, I am going to cheat slightly (sorry) and choose five blogs that deserve both, as all the blogs in my favourites I would give every award too. So I'm going to choose: contented iheartcrafts vintagetown redotter bagladee

phew!

Today has been a good day, busy but good. I have had the unknown luxury of a day at home on my own, so I have been armed with a big list trying to get lots of things done. I was scuppered slightly this morning when I ended up spending about two hours painting our front door frame inside and out, but then I could get down to business. I haven't done any sewing at all (yet!) but have been busy taking photos, retouching them, organising myself and generally getting up to date with everything. I haven't quite managed that but it was a tall order and I will have to be happy with getting a long way down my list if not to the bottom (I think it is neverending anyway!) The biggest thing I managed to do was create a new set of cards, I have put these in my etsy shop now, before the original fabric artworks, but I will show you the originals and list them soon. And every time I walk past our dining table I can't help but smile at these flowers, collected for me by Holly, who came home from the allotment clutching them for me last night. What a sweetie : )

totes and shopping

At long last I can reveal one of the two new tote bags I have been working on! Do you remember a little while ago I made one like this for myself as a test? I handstitched it which took a long time, but I was very pleased with the finished tote and it gets used all the time. The two I have since created I have machine sewn to make them a bit more durable and hardwearing but they follow the same style. This is the first one, in soft light blue denim with a fern green cotton lining. It has a felt circle embellishment on each side, one incorporates a complementary fabric and the other has a handpainted leaf motif. Great for holding all your essential everyday items and lots of shopping too. This one will be listed in my etsy shop shortly! Yesterday I had a great day out with my sister and Holly, we went to a wonderful fabric shop in South London and as you can imagine came home with lots of bags! We even drove so that we wouldn’t have to carry everything back on the train! I stocked up on my essential items and got some more fabric for Hollys quilt, and also the wadding for the inside which I was very pleased about. I also got some gorgeous fabric that I am going to attempt to make a skirt out of, scary but exciting! : )

weekend sunshine

hooray for sunshine at the weekend, letting us do lots of gardening and work on the allotment, and we had our first picnic of the year. I hope it stays this way for bank holiday monday tomorrow! : )

I started writing this post yesterday in the half an hour I had between my run (while Holly is dancing) and my body combat class. But I ran out of time to take the photos, and when I got home I was too tired to move! So I didn't make much headway into completing this pile of new notebooks that are hoping to get done, but hopefully I will tonight. And here are a few more of the fabrics I have got for Holly's quilt, I have certainly had fun choosing, and I still have more to show! : )